A recent story on Inside INdiana Business, tells the story of Capeable, a business begun by Marna Pacheco and Susan Hickok. (Marna and her husband, Dan, are members of the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church.) A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete story. Child Inspires Weighted Quilt Line FORT WAYNE […]
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A local news site reported the efforts of the family of one Grace Brethren pastor to help raise funds to provide heat for the homes of needy people this winter. A story on Ink Free News about Friday night’s “Camp on the Courthouse” in Warsaw, Ind., included photos of Aaron Scantlen, pastor of Empty Hands
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An article in the Mennonite World Review details how the Church of the Brethren is seeking to expand relationships with other Anabaptist groups. The Church of the Brethren is the largest of the groups that traces its spiritual heritage to 1708 and Alexander Mack. The Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches also traces it’s spiritual roots to
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CE National is announcing it’s Faithfulness Award Recipients. The award honors faithful servants for the cause of Christ. In this video, Tammy Hanna, of the Pike Grace Brethren Church in Johnstown, Pa., is recognized. Tammy Hanna was a faithful servant of the Lord at the Pike Grace Brethren Church in Johnstown, Pa. From 2000 until
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The final version of the Charis Commitment to Common Identity is now available in the “Documents” area of charisalliance.org. The document was unanimously approved by delegates to the 2015 Charis International Leadership Encounter, which was held last week in Bangkok, Thailand. An additional copy with supporting Scripture references will be available this Friday. (References are
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In August 1989, two young men broke into the sanctuary of the Grace Brethren Church in Delaware, Ohio, where I was pastor. They poured paint thinner on the pulpit, the communion table, and the platform, and lit them on fire. It was 2:00 on a Sunday morning. At 8 a.m., the sound technician arrived. He
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The Charis International Leadership Encounter is in the history books. Held last week in Bangkok, Thailand, the event saw representatives from 19 countries gather to create a truly global expression of common values and beliefs of the Grace Brethren movement. On Wednesday, November 4, after several days of discussions in English, French, and Spanish, the
The Charis International Leadership Encounter ended Friday, November 6, with a three-fold communion service led in the three languages of Charis – English, French, and Spanish. It came at the end of a day when the 30 delegates from 19 countries where there are Grace Brethren ministries considered how to move forward as an international
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Lillian Kliewer, 83, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 in Yucaipa, Calif. She was born in Reedley, Calif., on July 10, 1932 to Pete and Lily Thiesen. She had a happy childhood on the farm, even though she lost her father prior to her birth. Her
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“I realized that there is only one night of the year that dozens of kids who need Jesus, along with their parents, come to the door of my house in a friendly mood and willing to chat.” What better perspective for a Christian to take during the week of Halloween? Tim Hodge, the lead pastor
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